Comment by WinstonSmith84
10 hours ago
> Russia will never attack NATO
You think about a frontal attack like in Ukraine, and maybe you're right. But Russia is already waging a much more subtle war against NATO. Look at who's leading the US. Look at Brexit. Or look at who could soon lead France or Germany... Their conventional army may be weak, but they don't need to fire a bullet either.
Russia is leading these efforts in the way of Sun Tzu and all that “never stop an enemy in the process of making a mistake.”
I think they're actively encouraging said mistakes. The UK PM came out and confirmed they were behind Brexit the other day: https://kyivindependent.com/russia-behind-britains-brexit-vo...
Look at the former Soviet republics that helped Russia win WWII by supplying it with an almost limitless supply of soldiers. All of them have refused to allow their citizens to fight for Russia in Ukraine.
And if you know your history you'd know that Russia had to pull out of WWI because the country literally ran out of men during the conflict.
Their political influence, even with right-wing politicians who might be skewed their way, will be limited. And could change at any moment as we've seen with Orban.
> And if you know your history you'd know that Russia had to pull out of WWI because the country literally ran out of men during the conflict.
Russia continued WW1 with a civil war that lasted until 1922. Their military deaths were quite evenly split between the world war stage and the civil war stage.
Literally everything you’ve stated is false. Every statement.
A) Lots of Russians died during WW2, it wasn’t “evil Russia sends troops from occupied republics to fight for them while Russians sit back”.
B) Lots of mercenaries from post-Soviet republics fight for money on Russias side now
C) Russia didn’t pull out because they’ve run out of men. Where did you get this?
Of course many Russians died too. But the bulk of the casualties were Soviet soldiers from the Asian republics.
There are a couple of good WWI documentaries on YouTube which you can watch for free. You'll find that C) is the truth.
> because the country literally ran out of men during the conflict
I wonder where then the millions of soldiers that fought the russian civil war came from.